Bang on a Can All-Stars at Zankel Hall
The New York Times, November 7, 2011

I'm happy with the shape and pace of this piece of writing, but wish I'd have finessed the details a bit more elegantly. For example, I'm very pleased with the sense of David Lang's character that comes through in the opening paragraphs. But on the other hand, I didn't find space to name the players — happily, several are IDed in the photo — nor did I mention that the guitarist, Derek Johnson, is a recurring substitute for Mark Stewart, who's still an All-Star but currently touring with Paul Simon. With a little more space I'd have tried to describe the Andriessen piece a bit more precisely, although I did in fact think the wonderful video work overpowered what was, for Andriessen, unsually understated writing.

What I'm saying, I suppose, is that there's not much I'd change here, but several things on which I'd have elaborated a bit more, space allowing.